Washington Washington members that live to wheel


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I think the top of the gravel road that the trail crosses is just o bit over 5k in elevation, but the trail is up a bit higher (I never pay attention) and we started to hit snow around 4k maybe less
This is rad. What elevation?

I was excited to have rain this weekend. I discovered a few things I need to address on my TJ.

If there is snow, I'm going to try and play in it in the next couple weeks.
 
If all of you could take a minute of your time....


WOHVA Grant Support Needed
WOHVA needs your letters NOW to support their two-track trail maintenance grant requests. Your Washington Off Highway Vehicle Alliance is once again requesting grant funds to support two-track trail maintenance in Washington State. We need to continue the great work begun in 2018 with our first grant and building on our current grants in 2020.
This is our third grant cycle and the first where we’re now not partnering with the Northwest Motorcycle Association for support letters. While we may still share some services and efficiencies, both organizations have matured and continue to support each other but have removed some complexity with our individual approaches.
Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) trails on public land here in WA State are just not receiving enough maintenance. ATV, SxS and 4WD trail use this past year continues to increase, stressing our public resources. With Federal and State budget challenges, trail maintenance is not at the top of their list. The backlog of trail maintenance is growing and additional resources are needed.
WOHVA and the NMA created heavy maintenance crews to address backlogged maintenance on single and two-track USFS and DNR trails statewide. They’re working with land managers to provide an HMC mini-excavator team as well as the necessary support funding. They’ve added support in 2020 grants for volunteer work projects (food, equipment, and other more).
Now that great work needs YOUR support letters to gain approval in this next grant cycle. These are our grant requests for the 2022 grant cycle:
WOHVA 2022 Grant Requests
NOVA 22-2200 WOHVA 2 Track Heavy Maint. Crew
NOVA 22-2201 WOHVA 2 Track Maint. Volunteer Support
These grants provide equipment and logistics to help our public land managers harness the energy of user-based funding (NOVA) and users themselves providing support for volunteer work projects. It’s been evident this past year that there’s a LOT of volunteer energy available from our members and user groups.
If this sounds like something you can support, please help us BEFORE OCT. 29th by:
1) EMAIL - Send an email expressing your personal, organization’s, club’s or OHV-related business support for our two NOVA grant applications to [email protected]. Include the grant numbers and why you support them.
2) SHARE - Share this request for support letters with your other OHV-positive affiliations.
3) HELP WANTED - Spread the word that we have PAID positions open now for HMC Equipment Operators, Swampers and Volunteer Work Party leaders. These are funded by YOUR funds in both the current and 2022 proposed grants! Contact [email protected].
Thank you, Bryan Peterson, WOHVA President
 
I WISH... I keep saying soon but one time it'll be true.

It’ll get there, no sense in rushing it though, that’s when ya start to make decisions you’ll regret and or have to redo.
I’m just trying to make up for the last 2 years of my jeep down. That and my son really wants to go out and what kind of father would I be to deny his simple request 😂
 
It’ll get there, no sense in rushing it though, that’s when ya start to make decisions you’ll regret and or have to redo.
I’m just trying to make up for the last 2 years of my jeep down. That and my son really wants to go out and what kind of father would I be to deny his simple request 😂

Agreed. I'd really hate to screw up something now. It's been a few years since my son was around for me to take wheeling so I totally get it.
 
Agreed. I'd really hate to screw up something now. It's been a few years since my son was around for me to take wheeling so I totally get it.

Yeah, and what I was doing was ridiculously small to what you’ve undertaken and there were a few times that I thought, “eh, it’s good enough, I can run it a couple times then come back to that” but I’m glad I didn’t. That doesn’t mean I got everything perfect, but I got done what I could, needed and set out to do. There’s still some stuff I will replace but it’s not because I had the stuff and just didn’t want to, more like stuff I need to think about and figure out how I want to do it and with what, but nothing is neglected and in need of urgent repair or in need of repair at all. Just fun project jeep $h!t that I can do in my spare time.
Also it’s fun again. Since I’ve taken it back out the first time I’ve still logged in quite a few hours on it just messing around, and only in case fixed something that NEEDED fixing. But again that was something I didn’t know was wrong until last weekend, and it’s fixed now.
I ❤️ jeeping
 
I'm sure it's gunna take a FEW shakedown runs once I'm running. I'll find things that I either need to change or move or fix. But it'll be nice to finally get it back on the trail.

My son lives in FL now but the last time he went wheeling with me in my TJ was at Elbe and it would have been in 2005.
 
Thinking of maybe heading to Evans creek next weekend, anyone interested in coming?

I am not going to make it out this weekend at all. Hope you guys have a good time. I noticed that we are forecasted to get snow on Monday up here. I wonder if Evans Creek will see any on Saturday or Sunday. Should be a good time.